Verse 4

And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og dette skjedde på grunn av falske brødre som var kommet inn uten å bli oppdaget, som kom inn for å spionere på vår frihet som vi har i Kristus Jesus, for at de kunne bringe oss i fangenskap.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men på grunn av de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å overvåke vår frihet i Kristus Jesus og gjøre oss til slaver,

• Norsk King James

  Og dette skjedde på grunn av falske brødre som hadde sneket seg inn blant oss for å kontrollere vår frihet i Kristus Jesus, slik at de kunne bringe oss tilbake til trelldom.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dette skjedde på grunn av de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet i Kristus Jesus, for de ønsket å gjøre oss til slaver.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  og det på grunn av de falske brødre, som sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet som vi har i Kristus Jesus, slik at de kunne bringe oss inn i trelldom,

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Dette på grunn av de falske brødrene, som i hemmelighet hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet i Kristus Jesus, for å gjøre oss til slaver.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dette på grunn av falske brødre som i hemmelighet hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på den friheten vi har i Kristus Jesus, for at de kunne bringe oss i trelldom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dette skjedde på grunn av falske brødre, som uvitende var blitt innført, og som i all hemmelighet kom for å snuse etter den friheten vi har i Kristus Jesus, for at de skulle kunne binde oss til trelldom.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Dette på grunn av falske brødre som i hemmelighet ble innsneket, som kom ubemerket inn for å spionere ut den friheten vi har i Kristus Jesus, slik at de kunne føre oss inn under slaveri.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dette på grunn av falske brødre som i hemmelighet ble innsneket, som kom ubemerket inn for å spionere ut den friheten vi har i Kristus Jesus, slik at de kunne føre oss inn under slaveri.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dette skjedde på grunn av de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet i Kristus Jesus, for å gjøre oss til slaver.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This arose because of false brothers who were secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so they might bring us into bondage.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Dette var på grunn av de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på den friheten vi har i Kristus Jesus, for å gjøre oss til slaver.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men (det skede) for de falske Brødres Skyld, som havde indsneget sig, hvilke listigen vare komne ind for at bespeide vor Frihed, som vi have i Christo Jesu, paa det de kunde gjøre os til Trælle;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette var på grunn av falske brødre som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet som vi har i Kristus Jesus, for å gjøre oss til slaver.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dette var på grunn av de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på den frihet vi har i Kristus Jesus, for å bringe oss inn i trelldom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dette skyldtes de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet i Kristus Jesus, for å bringe oss i trelldom.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dette på grunn av de falske brødrene som hadde sneket seg inn for å spionere på vår frihet i Kristus Jesus, for å gjøre oss til slaver.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette var på grunn av de falske brødrene som ble smuglet inn, som kom for å utforske vår frihet som vi har i Kristus Jesus, for at de kunne gjøre oss til slaver.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and that because of incomers beynge falce brethren which came in amoge other to spye out oure libertie which we have in Christ Iesus that they might bringe vs into bondage.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and that because of certayne incommers beynge false brethre, which came in amoge other, to spye out oure libertye, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they mighte brynge vs in to bondage:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To wit, for the false brethren which were craftily sent in, and crept in priuily to spie out our libertie, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and `that' because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

• World English Bible (2000)

  This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 11:26 : 26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 For you bear it if someone brings you into bondage, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.
• Acts 15:1 : 1 And certain men who came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
• Acts 15:24 : 24 Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, You must be circumcised and keep the law—to whom we gave no such commandment—
• Gal 4:25 : 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
• Gal 4:3 : 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:
• 2 Cor 11:13 : 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
• Gal 5:12-13 : 12 I wish those who trouble you would even cut themselves off. 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,
• 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
• 2 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
• 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Gal 5:10 : 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
• 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as if foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
• Gal 3:23-26 : 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, confined unto the faith which would afterwards be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith has come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:9-9 : 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 You observe days, and months, and times, and years.
• Acts 20:30 : 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
• Rom 8:15 : 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.
• 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
• Ps 51:12 : 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with your free spirit.
• Ps 119:45 : 45 And I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts.
• Isa 51:23 : 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you; who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may go over:' and you have laid your body like the ground, and like the street, for those who went over.'
• John 8:31-36 : 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.